Improvement in gauntlet-gloves



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VIRGIL PRICE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN GAUNTLET-GLOVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,642, dated October3, 1871.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, VIEGII. PRICE, of New York city, in the county ofNew York and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Gloves and Gauntlets; andI do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing forming part of thisspeciiication, in which- Figure 1 represents a sectional side view of myinvention. Fig. 2 is an end view of the gauntlet, and Fig. 3 an end viewof the glove.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to so arrange detachable gloves andgauntlets that, when worn, they cannot come apart at the wrists, butwill be properly held together, to appear as though united. Theinvention consists chiefly in forming aproj ecting bead at the upper endof the glove and a corresponding bead on the lower end of the gauntlet,so that thereby the glove will be prevented from slipping down out ofthe gauntlet.

A in the drawing represents a glove of ordinary or suitable kind. Itsupper end contains, in a hem, a, a spring or string, '11, of. suitablefabric, but preferably of rubber or elastic. material, to make the gloveself-closing at the wrist. This string in the hein a forms a projectingbead, c, at the `end of the glove. B is the detachable gauntlet, made ofleather or other material. It has a projecting bead, d, formed at itslower end by a spring, c, contained within a hem, f. This spring c ispreferably inclosed within a spirallywound wire, g, or within a tubewhich produces the requisite enlargement. The laps of the gauntlet arenear the upper end connected by a button or swivel, h, whereon they areturned apart when the lower end is to be sufficiently enlarged foradmitting the hand. At the lower end they are entirely disconnectedexcept by the spring e, which is continuous, so as to hug the small endof the gauntlet close over the wrist and upper end of the glove. Thebead d, catching over the bead c ofthe glove, prevents the latter fromworking down and the guantlet from working up, and holds by the spring eboth parts A B so nicely together that they appearas if made in onepiece. Still they are separated, so that new gloves may be used on thesame gauntlets when the first gloves have become soiled by wear. Aspring, i, made of flat metal, may be concealed within the middle oftheganntlet to close the same at that place and hold the gauntlet stiff,but may also be dispensed with.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A glove having the projecting bead c, combined with a detachablegauntlet having the proj ecting bead d, with the continuous spring ctherein, as and for the purpose specified.

VIRGIL PRICE.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. MABEE, T. B. MosHER. (42)

